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Social justice symposium to tackle anti-Semitism, conversos DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor

nti-Semitism past and present will be the focus of a two-day symposium hosted by the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest next month. “Anti-Semitism from the Spanish Inquisition On: Educating for Social Justice,” which will be held Jan. 6-7 at the Buttes at Reflections, will feature distinguished local and international speakers along with a film screening and a panel discussion, “What Can We Do to Help?” The headline lecturers will be Dagmar and Peter Schroeder, collaborators on the award-winning documentary, “Paper Clips,” about a project by middle school students in rural Tennessee to memorialize

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International journalists Dagmar and Peter Schroeder will share their experience in addressing hate, discrimination and intolerance Jan. 7 as part of a two-day symposium hosted by the Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest.

the Holocaust. David Graizbord, Ph.D., will open the symposium on Sunday, Jan. 6, focusing on the history of

conversos (New Christians) and their persecution during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions. “The goal will be to clarify how the

historical experience of that group both sheds light on and clouds our understanding of anti-Jewish sentiment in history, as well as of Jewish identity and culture itself,” he says. Graizbord is an associate professor of Judaic studies at the University of Arizona and a historian of both early and modern Jews. A film screening of “Disobedience: The Sousa Mendez Story,” which chronicles the life-saving action of the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, France, during World War II, will follow the lecture and lunch. The screening will be held at Saddlebrooke’s Desert View Performing Arts Center. The Monday, Jan. 7 agenda, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., features speakers Gil Ribak, Ph.D., Bryan Davis, and the Schroeders; a panel discussion; and a video presentation from Tucson See Symposium, page 4

Strength is theme behind Tucson’s 28th Jewish film festival

his year’s Tucson International Jewish Film Festival will bring 15 full-length films, one TV show, and three shorts from around the world to local screens. TIJFF is one of the country’s longest-running Jewish film festivals, one of Arizona’s longest running film fests, and one of Tucson’s most popular cultural arts events. The 28th annual TIJFF will run Jan. 6-20 at multiple venues. This year’s program features several international award winners, Arizona premieres, and special guests. Each year, films for the TIJFF are carefully selected by a diverse committee to promote the preservation of Jewish culture and encourage cultural diversity. Films represent a variety of genres and formats to appeal to all movie-

Réka Tenki in a scene from ‘Budapest Noir.’

goers: drama, comedy, thriller, Israeli, LGBTQS, documentary, narrative, shorts, and feature length. Free popcorn is provided at every screening. “When we were selecting films

for the 28th annual festival, we focused on the number 28. In Hebrew Gematria, if we look at the value of 28, we find the word koach, which means strength or something that puts other things

into motion,” says Katie Spector, TIJFF director. “All of the films were chosen because the characters exhibit strength. In addition to that, we feel these films will inspire the audience to stand strong and make changes within our community.” “Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story” kicks off the festival Jan. 6 at 3 p.m. at Saddlebrooke’s Desert View Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. The film chronicles the story of the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, France, who saved an estimated 30,000 lives during World War II. A family member will be there for a Q&A after the film. Opening night takes place at The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd., on Thursday, Jan. 10 at See Festival, page 10

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ARTS & CULTURE / LOCAL Free screening of true crime ‘The Driver is Red’ planned

German journalists Dagmar and Peter Schroeder will hold a discussion after a free screening of Randall Christopher’s ‘The Driver is Red’ animated short film on Jan. 8.

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n exclusive, free screening of the documentary film “The Driver is Red” is set for Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 6:30 p.m. The award-winning, animated short by Randall Christopher depicts the Mossad raid that brought Adolf Eichmann to justice. It was shown at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and almost 100 other film festivals. Dagmar and Peter Schroeder, collaborators on the award-winning documentary, “Paper Clips,” will speak after the private showing. They cofounded the Children’s Holocaust Memorial in Tennessee and have taught hundreds of thousands of children and others about com-

batting intolerance and bullying that lead to hate crimes and genocide. The screening and discussion will be held at the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. RSVP online at www. jfsa.org/DriverisRed or call the Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest at 505-4161. Sponsors with the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Olson Center include the Tucson International Jewish Film Festival, Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson Hebrew High and Tucson Hebrew Academy.

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In their writing and lecturing for more than three decades, they purposely direct their efforts to the younger generation. “Simply because they are the ones shaping the future, a future we hope with less hate, discrimination, and intolerance,” he adds. Gil Ribak, Ph.D., will focus on recent Jewish history in Portugal, detailing where Jews first settled in the 5th century, and where a hidden community of Jews remained after the Inquisition. In 2015, Portugal passed legislation that allows Jews of Portuguese origin to claim Portuguese citizenship, provided they can prove themselves descendants of that country’s Jewish community. Since then, Jewish life in Portugal seemed to bloom, he says. A UA assistant professor of Judaic studies, Ribak is a member of the American Jewish Historical Society’s Academic Council. Bryan Davis, director of Tucson’s Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center, will address the ways that the museum helps students to understand anti-Semitism as a potent force in the world historically and today. “The reaction of students to the education program at the Holocaust History Center has changed markedly since the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in October,” he notes. Davis also serves as the advocacy and education coordinator for the Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council and is an instructor at the UA. Registration is $50. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/ nwsymposium. The Buttes at Reflections is located at 9800 N. Oracle Road. The Saddlebrooke Desert View Performing Arts Center is at 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. Along with the Olson Center, the event is co-sponsored by the Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center, the Tucson Jewish Community Center and the Tucson International Jewish Film Festival.

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Hebrew Academy students. Registration includes lunch at the Buttes both days and a pass to the Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center. The Schroeders will explore how middle school students in the small town of Whitwell, Tennessee, started The Paper Clips Project in 1998 as a way to comprehend the magnitude of the Holocaust. Their initial aim was to collect six million paper clips, each one representing a human life lost in the Nazis’ slaughter of Jews during World War II. Evolving and gaining worldwide attention, the project’s more than 30 million paper clips led to the creation of the Children’s Holocaust Memorial in Whitwell. The Schroeders are cofounding donors of the memorial and are featured in “Paper Clips,” released in 2004 by Miramax Films. The Schroeders are German-born Canadian citizens who spent their careers as journalists in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, including Israel, and were White House correspondents for 23 years. They have authored books on homeless and disadvantaged children, U.S.-European relations, biographies of Holocaust survivors and about tolerance and intolerance, including the Paper Clip Project. They have lectured around the world and to more than 30,000 Jewish community members in Ontario, Canada, alone. “As German-born we feel a responsibility to heed the creed, ‘never again,’” says Peter. “We try to foster awareness of every form of hate, discrimination, and intolerance because it can mushroom from verbal and physical harm to individuals to catastrophic forms, including genocide.”

LOCAL All-female talent to show display entertainment variety

ara Lopez, a local wife, mother and opshe explains, adding that at the Jerusalem era singer, is curating a Jewish women’s shows, she witnessed talents ranging from performance showcase, by and for a South African salsa dancer to a German women, at the Tucson Jewish Community comedic poet. Lopez will perform an aria in Center on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 6 p.m. French, German or Italian at the upcoming Having an all-female audience “allows event. women across the spectrum of Jewish prac“The Tucson J is proud to host this gathtice and belief to participate,” says Lopez, ering for women, teens, and girls of all ages who held auditions Dec. 13. Talent acts will to celebrate their talents. We appreciate Sara Lopez be listed on www.tucsonjcc.org. Sara’s leadership in this initiative and look She created a series of similar events in forward to a fun evening on Jan. 6,” says JenJerusalem when she was attending seminary in 2012- nifer Selco, the J’s director of Jewish life and learning. 13, to give newly Orthodox women a platform for cre- A $5 donation is suggested. ative expression. “I didn’t want to choose between my For more information, contact Lopez at (949) 682faith and my performance talent as an opera singer,” 6808 or sarac90@yahoo.com.

Make mitzvahs with mah jongg, mojitos and fun

oin the Young Women’s Cabinet of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona for an evening of mah jongg, mojitos and mitzvahs to benefit Jewish Family & Children’s Services. There will be teachers on site to teach or help you refine your game. First-timers, mah jongg mavens and non-players are invited. The event kicks off at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 9 with time to sip and schmooze, plus a tutorial in mahj

basics. At 6:30 p.m., learn “Why Mahj is More Than a Game.” Play starts at 6:45 p.m. The event will be held at the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and mojitos will be served. The cost is $18. RSVP online at www.jfsa.org/ ywcmahj2018. For more information, contact Jane Scott at 577-9393 or jscott@jfsa.org.

Explore relationships, change while discovering clay

oan-e Rapine, MS, LAC, NCC, a clinical therapist at Jewish Family & Children’s Services, will present “SelfDiscovery Through Clay” at the Jan. 13 meeting of CHAI Circle, a support group for women with cancer in the Jewish community. “One of my favorite things about modeling clay is its pliability, making it a great tool for working on exploring self and creating change,” says Rapine. She will discuss how to explore relationships through clay and work to-

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COMMENTARY How to tell if Pittsburgh shooting traumatized a child, and what to do about it BEN HARRIS JTA

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ithin 24 hours of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Judith Cohen’s cellphone was ringing incessantly with offers of help from around the world. A psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of trauma and grief in children and adolescents, Cohen is one of the developers of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a therapeutic model that adapts the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy for victims of post-traumatic stress. “It was not just thoughts and prayers, but practical stuff,” Cohen said of the telephone calls. “Literally within 24 hours I had tons of resources.” For weeks after the shooting, Pittsburgh’s Jews were in shock, with many reporting fear of going to synagogue or displaying outward signs of Jewish identification. The fear and anxiety extended to children, too. Trauma experts say these are normal responses in the wake of an event like the October 27 attack, which claimed 11 lives. Symptoms of trauma may include disturbance in sleep pattern, changes in appetite, loss of concentration, loss of interest in social activities and heightened anxiety. While children and adolescents directly connected to the Pittsburgh shooting may have suffered trauma most acutely, even children farther removed from the massacre may be traumatized, experts say. “It’s obvious that you should allow for a certain kind of change for a certain period of time — days, sometimes a week or two,”

One of the most important responses in the wake of a traumatic incident like the Oct. 27 Pittsburgh shooting is for the community to come together, experts say.

said Professor Esti Galili-Weisstub, the head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and an internationally recognized expert in trauma therapy. “But if it proceeds for three or four weeks — or if it doesn’t improve or if its extreme — that’s more alarming.” That’s when professional intervention may be required, she said. With its long history of deadly terrorism, Israel has become a global leader in treating trauma victims. Galili-Weisstub has been at the forefront of that effort, consulting with and training mental health professionals in the wake of disasters around the world, including after the 2017 earthquake near Mexico City, the 2004 East Asian tsunami in Sri Lanka, and the U.S. hurricanes in New Orleans and

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Houston. Part of what Galili-Weisstub and her colleagues do in crisis situations is a kind of psychic triage, meeting with those affected in an effort to determine who is at maximum risk of a serious trauma reaction. They also provide training and support to local mental health professionals, who often are in a better position to respond to the particular needs of local communities. One of the most important responses in the wake of a traumatic incident like Pittsburgh is for the community to come together, according to Galili-Weisstub. “That’s our security blanket in a way: to meet with people and to talk,” she said. “We start with talking about the event, but eventually we do things together. That’s very important, because it does strengthen the community ties. Same goes with the family — to have a family dinner, to go have a day out, a picnic, to spend more time together is all very important because it is the support system.” In cases of more serious trauma reactions, psychologists use a number of tools. One of the most widely applied is TraumaFocused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. This approach proceeds through a number of steps, beginning with helping those affected gain awareness of what they’ve suffered and understand that trauma symptoms are reversible. Psychologists teach coping strategies for adverse emotional reactions and attempt to correct for cognitive distortions — false beliefs that result from the trauma, like the idea that one is weak or at serious risk. The final stage aims to recreate the narrative of the trauma in a person’s mind. “In a person suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, the traumatic

event is still experienced,” said Dr. Fortu Benarroch, director of the clinic for pediatric traumatic stress at Hadassah. “It is not just a memory of something that happened in the past, but is something that they are experiencing and re-experiencing all the time. We want an internal process to be done in order that this experience will be encoded in a different way, in a way that will turn it into just another memory, just like any memory that we have of bad things that happened to us in the past.” Part of the professional response to a mass event like Pittsburgh is to reassure people that their feelings will subside in time. For young children especially, voices of adult reassurance are crucial because kids often pick up subtle messages from the media or close relations and ascribe meaning to those messages. “Whether or not we talk to young children, young children try to give meaning to what they hear,” said Alicia Lieberman, a psychiatry professor at the University of California San Francisco and an expert in treating trauma in children. “And so it’s better for us to tell them, for example, ‘Mommy and daddy are upset because a very bad man hurt people and he shouldn’t have done that. And we are doing lots of things to keep everybody safe.’” That kind of reassurance was one of the themes of the resource sheets prepared after Pittsburgh by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, a federally funded effort to improve standards of care for children who experience trauma. The sheets included advice for parents, caregivers, and mental health professionals about responding to grief and trauma, recognizing signs of deeper mental disturbance, and reassuring parents that things will get better. “Having trouble sleeping, feeling sad, angry, confused, having trouble paying attention, feeling numb or jumpy, not being able to get your mind off it — those kinds of things are pretty typical reactions,” said Cohen, who is a member of the network. “In this early stage, those are expected. It will take time to get back to normal before it’s considered pathology.” Ultimately, Cohen said, most kids are able to recover fairly quickly. “I think the core message is: Your kids are going to be OK,” Cohen said. “It takes time. It’s very difficult, but your kids are resilient and so are you.”

This article was sponsored by and produced in partnership with Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., which is celebrating the 100th year of Hadassah Medical Organization, the Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing and the Hadassah Ophthalmology Department. This article was produced by JTA’s native content team.

LOCAL Israeli educators’ visit strengthens classroom partnerships with Tucson DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor

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isiting Tucson during the week of Hanukkah, four Israeli teachers and three school principals from the Partnership2Gether region were most surprised by the effort local community members invest in maintaining their Jewish identity. “It was a very powerful experience,” says Ravit Gedanken, a principal at Netzach Israel school in Kiryat Malachi. “It was a privilege to see how different and special this Jewish community is, compared to Israel. Understanding that here they work so hard to have a Jewish life makes my connection to Tucson even stronger.” The visiting group members were fellows of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Weintraub Israel Center and Partnership2Gether’s school twinning program. This curriculum connects classrooms at preschools, elementary schools and high schools in Hof Ashkelon and Kiryat Malachi with local counterparts at Tucson Hebrew Academy, synagogue religious schools and public schools in Tucson. “The most meaningful thing was meeting the teacher I’ve been working with the last five years,” says Nesia Regev Livne, a first-grade teacher at Hofim Elementary in Yad Mordechai. “It has real significance when you can meet people face to face. I also felt connected to the values of the Tucson Jewish Community Center, seeing how they practice Jewish values in a secular environment.” During their visit, the delegation shadowed teachers at the Tucson J’s early education center and visited THA, Sky Island Public Charter High School, and Canyon View Elementary School in the Catalina Foothills Unified School District.

Partnership2Gether fellows celebrate the last night of Hanukkah with Jewish Federation of the Southwest staff at the Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest. Back (L-R): Ariel Miklofsky, Adi Shacham, Ravit Gedanken, Alan Kendal, Phyllis Gold, Nili Cohen Hammer, Daniealla Cohen, Nesia Regev Livne. Front (L-R): Rotem Rappaport, Amir Eden, Ron Benecort. Not pictured: Avi Hadad and Ofra Gueta.

“We were really surprised that the public schools are so excellent,” says Gedanken. “I was very impressed with how professional the teachers, schools and synagogues work from the educational side. And, how much effort is put into children’s Sunday schools to keep their Jewish identity. With all this effort, they looked really happy to be engaged.” Nili Cohen Hammer, a second-grade teacher from Nitzanim School, was struck by the order and rules in local schools. “This is very opposite with what we are used to. They show a lot of respect for the teachers and rabbis. When I return to my school, I would like to talk to students about how the system works here.”

The delegation expressed interest in class structures and school procedures, says Canyon View Elementary principal Robert Henikman. “Lining up and not running in the hallways are things we take for granted.” On the other hand, Henikman was excited to hear that Israeli schools practice things like inclusion models in their classrooms. “Some things I thought were unique to the U.S. system. It is interesting to see that although we are thousands of miles apart, the similarity we have in values and goals for getting kids through the system are the same.” The delegation also learned about the Tucson Jewish community through visits to the Jewish History Museum and syna-

gogues. They enjoyed local attractions, hiking in Sabino Canyon and touring the Winterhaven festival of lights. A unique opportunity came to attend the Phoenix Suns Jewish Heritage Night in Phoenix and to join in various community holiday celebrations. Hammer said the group was shocked by the size and diversity of the Tucson Jewish community. Daniealla Cohen and Ofra Gueta summed up their experience in a joint response. “We must say, this is something that makes a true connection between our communities. Now, we have a better understanding of the importance of the partnership relationship. It enriched our own Jewish identities to experience this, as well,” they wrote. Cohen, Hofim School’s principal, and Gueta, a kindergarten teacher Aviv School in Talmei Yaffe, parted with a Mahatma Gandhi quote: “Be the change that you wish to see in the world,” saying they now feel this encapsulates the partnership program. Also joining the delegation were Avi Hadad, Hirael School principal, and Adi Shacham, the Partnership2gether coordinator, both from Kiryat Malachi. Local community members opening their homes to host the delegation included Kim Spitzer, Allie Silber, Emily and Max Ellentuck, Gila Silverman, Tamar and Yoni Green, Danielle and Paz Sharian, Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon and Rabbi Ruven Barkan. “One of the things we liked most was the people, the way they welcomed us and their true willingness to know each one of us as individuals,” says Cohen. “Even as different countries we are all in the same humanity boat.” Henikman summed up the visit nicely. “In the end, we’re all about the children and their future.”

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LOCAL Brandeis University expert to explore privacy and the law

randeis University lecturer Daniel Breen, those cases drawn from the remote past and the Ph.D., J.D., will present “Stories of Privahigh-tech present. cy: The Legal Boundaries of Public and Breen received his B.A. from the University Private Life” on Wednesday, Jan. 9 as the Tucof Wisconsin-Madison and an M.A. and law son Chapter of Brandeis National Committee’s degree at the University of Georgia. He then annual University on Wheels program, in partwent on to Boston College where he received a nership with the Tucson Jewish Community Ph.D. in American history. He has been teachCenter. The talk will take place at the Tucson J. ing at Brandeis University since 1998. In 2017, As people, we are constantly divided behe received the Louis D. Brandeis Award for Daniel Breen tween what is uniquely our own and what is Excellence in teaching. In addition to his pasproperly subject to the public eye. The law sion for the law, Breen is a passionate fan of Gilhelps shape the way we tell the difference, says Breen, a bert and Sullivan and the Atlanta Braves. senior lecturer in legal studies at Brandeis University. In The event begins with a continental breakfast at 9:30 this talk, he will present cases where courts have had to a.m. Admission is $20. For advance tickets, contact struggle with finding where that line might be. He will Marilyn Sternstein at marilynsternstein@gmail.com or share some of the most interesting and provocative of (847) 269-0280.

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he Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society will host Richard Hallick, Sunday, Jan. 13, offering a comprehensive look at DNA testing and how it applies to genealogy today. Hallick will discuss how to understand and interpret DNA test results, including those with Jewish ancestors. Hallick is a retired University of Arizona biochemistry professor. With the advent of commercial DNA testing such as Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andme, and Family Tree, Hallick will help participants better understand traditional genealogical research to probe more deeply into ancestral relationships, current families, and help locate DNA “cousins.” He will share the tools that help identify the people, places, and cultures that shaped who we are today, and pose a most critical question: Do we share DNA segments because we have a common ancestor, or only because they are common to a population? Finally, Hallick will review Jewish DNA-related social media sites where you can connect with experts willing to help online and learn more advanced techniques. Hallick earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin and did post-graduate studies at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School. He taught at the University of Colorado for 11 years and at UA from 1984 until his retirement in 2009. He was an expert witness for the prosecution in some 35

Richard Hallick explores a graveyard in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in fall 2018. Hallick’s sixth great-grandfather is buried there.

cases involving DNA evidence in sexual assault/murder cases. Hallick became an avid genealogist in the 1970s, beginning his life-long hobby and helping many from Tucson discover their family trees. The presentation will be at 1 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Road. Admission is free for SAIJGS members and $5 for non-members. For information, contact Andy Rosen at arosen2@cox.net or 237-6470.

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7 p.m. with “Budapest Noir.” Hungarian Holocaust survivor Theresa Dulgov, who lives in Tucson, will give a talk following the film. Two films previously at the Loft will be shown at the Tucson Jewish Community Center on Wednesday, Jan. 16: “93 Queen” at 5 p.m., and “The Cakemaker” at 7:30 p.m. Other highlights include the following, all at the Tucson J: • “Humor Me” on Friday, Jan. 11 at 1 p.m. — see review, page 11. • “Heading Home: Tale of Team Israel” on Sunday, Jan. 13 at 4 p.m. This baseball documentary, sponsored by the Arizona Jewish Post, is an opportunity for people to come in their favorite sports jersey. There will be Cracker Jacks for audience members to enjoy. • Café 54 will lead a Q&A following “Simon and Theodore,” Monday, Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. In this French film, an immature man dealing with mental health issues who is about to become a father meets an angry, rebellious teenager and they go on a journey of self-discovery through the cold streets of Paris. • “The Commandments” an Israeli TV series about the young Orthodox

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men who feel personally compelled to join the Israeli Defense Forces, is the first television show to be featured in the TIJFF. Episodes 1-4 screen Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. • “The Caborca Jew: A Mexican Story,” Friday, Jan. 18 at 1 p.m. Meet the family from the film – and look for the Tucson connection in the film. • “Ask for Jane” is about an underground network for abortion access in Chicago before the passage of Roe v. Wade. Cait Cortelyou, who portrays Rose and is the co-producer, will lead a discussion following the screening on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Three short films, “Spring Chicken,” “Egg Cream” and “Wendy’s Shabbat” wrap up the festival on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 3 p.m., followed by an egg creammaking experience and a talk from the author of “Seltzertopia,” Barry Joseph. For a complete list of dates, times, and film descriptions, visit www.tijff.org. Tickets start at $10 with special discounts for students, seniors, and military. Purchase tickets online at www.tijff.org or at the Tucson J by calling 299-3000. Season passes are available for $125 and 6-packs are $50. For more information, including sponsorship opportunities, contact Katie Spector at 299-3000 ext.147 or kspector@tucsonjcc.org.

ARTS & CULTURE / LOCAL All-star cast delivers chuckles in ‘Humor Me’ MICHAEL FOX Special to the AJP

am Hoffman’s resoundingly funny debut feature, “Humor Me,” could be marketed thusly: Come for Elliott Gould, stay for Jemaine Clement. The New Zealand actor displays a nimble gift for wit and pathos in this smart, grown-up comedy about mid-career stumbles, aging parents, and intergenerational acceptance. An under-the-radar treat, “Humor Me” screens in the Tucson International Jewish Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 11 at 1 p.m., in the wake of a brief theatrical run in New York and Los Angeles in early 2018. Hoffman, best known for producing the TV show “Madame Secretary,” counterintuitively chooses a New Jersey retirement community as the setting for mid-life rejuvenation and resurrection. Neatly avoiding or flipping every cliché about seniors (cute, crotchety or flirtatious), as well as the adult son-elderly father dynamic and (improbably) the theater, he has crafted a warmhearted, perfectly executed fable. When his wife takes their young son and leaves him for a billionaire, talented-but-blocked playwright Nate Kroll (Clement) has to move out of their Manhattan brownstone and into the guest bedroom at his dad’s town house at Cranberry Bog. Bob (a note-perfect turn by Gould), is an inveterate joke teller, but his repertoire doesn’t work on a 40-year-old failed artist. “Life’s going to happen, son, whether you smile or not,” he declares, a philosophy that the audience can embrace more easily than Nate can. If this bit of wisdom seems to be encased in wry Jewish fatalism, well, that’s Gould’s voice. Indeed, all of Bob’s jokes, which are consistently risqué and constructed with an ironic twist, have a faint air of the Borscht Belt about them. (It’s not a coincidence that Hoffman produced and directed the web series “Old

Jews Telling Jokes.”) At the same time, the post-Catskills generation can readily empathize with Nate’s push-pull relationship with his father, as well as with his career success and disappointment. In a day and age when later-in-life second chances invariably are several steps down from the opportunities available fresh out of the gate, Nate’s derailment elicits recognition and empathy. Clement plays Nate as a good-natured schlemiel and natural-born mensch at a low ebb of self-confidence. He possesses the perfect amount of self-aware angst, which makes him available as well as attractive to a potential (and inevitable) love interest. It takes a semi-plausible contrivance on Hoffman’s part to arrange for the presence of another non-septuagenarian at Cranberry Bog, but the chemistry between Nate and Allison (a punkish Ingrid Michaelson) is so appealing that we quickly forgive and forget the machinations it took to get them under the same community clubhouse roof. Another quality that fuels the viewer’s goodwill is that there’s not a single stupid character in “Humor Me,” including Nate’s bland, successful brother (Erich Bergen). This generosity of spirit means we’re always laughing with Nate’s mostly grayhaired foils, not at them. It helps immeasurably that Hoffman assembled a veteran cast (Annie Potts as Bob’s girlfriend, Le Clanché du Rand as a flirtatious senior, Bebe Neuwirth as a theatre heavyweight) who nail every last punch line and reaction shot. “Humor Me” plays out the way we hope and expect it will, which is to say it delivers on its implicit promises. En route, it provides lots of smiles and several belly laughs. Even Nate, who’s well aware that he’s earned every joke that he’s the butt of, gets his share of one-liners. There’s plenty to go around, you see. Michael Fox is a film critic in San Francisco.

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WORLD In London’s Jewish hub, Brexit jitters are causing a housing slump CNAAN LIPHSHIZ JTA LONDON

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wo and half years ago, Murray Lee voted in favor of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. A Jewish real-estate agent from northern London, Murray shared the concerns of many in the leave camp over the United Kingdom’s perceived vulnerability to Europe’s immigration problems. If England remained shackled to Brussels’ policies, he and others argued, they’d pay the price for the exodus of work and asylum seekers from the Middle East and beyond. Murray is still worried by those issues. But now, he is also concerned about the damage that the turmoil around the Brexit vote — in which the leavers won a narrow majority of 52 percent — may be wreaking on the British economy and Murray’s industry, not least in the Jewish hub of northern London. “I don’t think we knew then what we know now,” Murray said about his vote, about which he now has some regrets. “We were badly advised.” Referencing predictions of an economic downturn over the next 15 years, he added: “Unfortunately, I never thought of it.” Murray, a real estate agent with 45 years of experience who founded the Dream-

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view Estates agency on Golders Green Road, has seen housing prices drop by around 10 percent from their peak levels in 2016, with some assets attracting little to no bids, he said. A busy artery running through the pricey neighborhood that gave it its name, Golders Green Road features multiple Israeli and kosher eateries and shops that reflect the heavily Jewish makeup of the area. A bit further up the road, Richard Dangoor, managing director at his Jewish family’s real estate agency, Hausman & Holmes, has seen a drop of about 20 percent in the number of sales since the Brexit vote.

The U.K. housing market’s growth of 1.5 percent in October dropped sharply to a near-stagnant 0.3 percent in November, The Guardian reported earlier this month. And London, which in 2015 saw a whopping 9.2-percent rise in housing prices, has become a “weak spot” in the U.K. property market, The Guardian reported in October. The London bubble may have burst not only because of Brexit uncertainty, but also because “prices had become unaffordable,” Murray said. He and Dangoor both said they don’t at this point fear for the viability of their business. More broadly, though, shares in British firms have taken considerable hits follow-

ing the Brexit vote. The pound had lost nearly 15 percent of its value against the dollar since January 2016. Complicating matters is the uncertainty and anger around the terms of Britain’s withdrawal as stipulated in a draft agreement that Prime Minister Theresa May made public last month, after lengthy negotiations. The document says that the United Kingdom will have to adhere to E.U. laws — including on unencumbered immigration within the bloc — for the duration of a two-year transition period, but lose its representation in its government bodies. The document’s shortcomings triggered a no-confidence vote inside May’s Conservative party, where it angered moderates and hardliners alike. She survived last week’s vote, but it also revealed that she had lost the support of more than a third of her party’s own lawmakers in the House of Commons, British parliament’s lower house. With less than four months to go before the proposed deal expires, the shaky support for it is raising the specter of the United Kingdom crashing out of the European Union with no deal. Economists warn that such a spectacle would be disastrous for a country that depends on the E.U. for 53 percent of its imported goods and services and for 44 percent of its exports. See Brexit, page 22

Property owners may need attorney for more protection than they think DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor

nyone who owns property — personal or commercial — may find themselves in need of legal services. A personal property attorney can represent you in a dispute over transfer of moveable property, such as a car, a piece of furniture, or even stocks and bonds. This differs from real estate (which is “immovable” property), and intellectual property. Some instances that might come to mind that would require an attorney include creating a contract or lease, validating a title, a purchase from someone who doesn’t have the rights, selling something to which you only have partial rights, or personal property damage. Nevertheless, there are other areas people might consider when assessing their legal needs. Estate Planning “Anyone who owns property should have an estate plan to pass the property

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Review estate plans with new tax laws

ew tax reform laws will be effective for the 2018 tax season. Estate planning is impacted, but will revert to the prior rules after 2025. It is wise for anyone with an estate plan or will to review documents to ensure they continue to carry out your intent. Net worth changes, children may marry or divorce, and you may have grandchildren to add to the plan. Your wishes may change. Today, it may be better to consider estate and income tax planning together. • The new tax law passed in 2017 approximately doubles the federal estate tax exemption to about $11.2 million per person. This new higher exemption will phase out in 2026, returning to $5 million, adjusted for inflation. And that might change sooner. This may be something you don’t have to worry about, but there’s more to the whole new tax picture. • Some state estate tax exemptions are below the federal exemption level. Arizona is one of 33 states with no estate tax or inheritance tax, according to the Kiplinger Report. Arizona has a mixed picture when it comes to taxes on retirees. The State of Arizona does not tax Social Security benefits. But, do you need the creditor protection of a trust? If you wind up spending down assets in long-term care, will there be nothing for your heirs? • The new law sets a $10,000 annual limit on state and local income and property tax deductions. Property can be placed in a limited liability company and interests transferred to “non-grantor” trusts, which in turn can each qualify for that $10,000 exemption. Trusts established in states that have no income

tax, such as Alaska, protect property from creditors. • Since the new law boosted the standard deduction for charitable contributions from $6,350 to $10,000, you may get no tax benefit from donations if you don’t have enough to itemize. Arizona Tax Credit donations made after Aug. 23, 2018, are no longer eligible for federal tax deduction. • A steep increase in new federal exemption amounts makes a review of existing wills and trusts one urgent action item. The new law also provides new estate-planning methods to save on income tax. It does not, however, include creditor protection, elder financial abuse defense, or maximizing bequests. If your estate plans and wills were signed and sealed in 2001, the estate-tax exemption was $675,000. If you stipulated that the maximum would pass tax-free to your children and the balance would go to your spouse, now your children could receive $11.2 million, the new maximum, and there may be no balance remaining for the surviving spouse, resulting in “disinheritance.” Under older planning tactics, “credit shelter” or “bypass” trusts would pay a surviving spouse and pass assets to your children in the end. Introduced in 2011, “portability” permits the surviving spouse to use any estate-tax exemption the first deceased spouse did not use. Beneficiaries inheriting assets from such trusts now miss a significant tax break. Now, assets such as stock and real estate are “stepped up” in basis to market value the day the owner dies. Heirs only pay tax on appreciation after that. Extracted from Kiplinger’s Retirement Report

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LOCAL Federation annual campaign funding supports six community agencies

he Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona supports these local beneficiary agencies:

Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging

Guided by Jewish values and traditions, Handmaker provides a continuum of care and services enhancing the physical, spiritual, emotional, social and intellectual quality of life for the aging, without regard to race, color or creed. Since 1963, Handmaker has greeted thousands of people, treating everyone as a part of the family. Showing respect, dignity, and caring is each staff member’s goal. Handmaker services include assisted living, post-hospital rehabilitation, memory and dementia care, residential nursing care, adult care, and outreach programs.

Jewish Family & Children’s Services

JFCS was founded in 1941 and is a non-sectarian, non-profit social service agency. It offers a continuum of social and behavioral health programs that address the well-being of children, adults, families, and people with special needs. It also

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provides support to aging and vulnerable adults who live with a chronic illness or disability. The agency provides counseling for all ages, trauma services, guardianship, cancer support, durable home medical equipment, care management, emergency financial assistance, domestic violence services, Jewish elder access, and supports Holocaust survivors. Services are available to all Southern Arizonans, regardless of beliefs. Funding also comes from private and corporate support, grants, special events and individuals who support the mission.

Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center

The museum collects, preserves, and teaches the history of the Jewish experience in the American Southwest. It preserves the first synagogue in the Arizona Territory, which now houses the museum. The Holocaust History Center at the museum is an educational institute dedicated to ongoing examination of the Holocaust. History is viewed through the experiences over 260 individuals from 18

nations who were persecuted by Nazism, survived, and later arrived in Southern Arizona. These people, who contributed to the community in numerous ways, are highlighted in the center’s examination of this complex history. The center also illuminates contemporary human rights abuses.

Tucson Hebrew Academy

THA is Tucson’s only Jewish community day school for students in grades K-8. Students benefit from teachers who nurture intellectual curiosity and inspire social responsibility. Personal attention, small class sizes, and integrated learning help each child achieve academic success, gain self-confidence, and develop pride in Jewish and American identity. In addition to a rigorous general and Hebrew/Judaic studies program, enriching specialty classes help all students to find their passion and reach their highest potential.

Tucson Jewish Community Center

The Tucson J is a 110,000-square-foot center built in 1989 and renovated in 2015. With more than 2,000 families and 5,000 members, the J is open to the Tucson com-

munity for all people, all faiths, all identities, all abilities and all walks of life. Serving every age group from the six-week-old infant through the adult years, the J offers a wide range of social, cultural, educational, recreational and athletic programs and activities. The location has settings for meetings, weddings, and special events. The J has a privately funded, play-based preschool serving more than 300 children ages six weeks to pre-K, and after-school care for elementary-aged children.

University of Arizona Hillel Foundation

Hillel is the foundation of the campus Jewish community — a diverse, umbrella organization that serves an eclectic Jewish community. Hillel’s mission is to provide students at the UA and in the Tucson metropolitan area with an atmosphere that fosters enhancement of Jewish life. Hillel develops student leadership and initiative by allowing students to engage in pro-active, democratic Jewish life through various projects, including lectures, discussions, social and cultural events, as well as other services and programs.

LOCAL Local agency programs spread JFSA funds DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor Editor’s Note: This is the last in a series of four articles on how the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona allocates funds. The first, in the Oct. 12 issue, focused on youth and family education programs at synagogues. The second, in the Nov. 23 issue, looked at national and overseas allocations. The third, in the Dec. 7 issue, covered funding for JFSA’s departments and programs. ur Jewish community is blessed to have six Federation partner agencies that deliver a broad range of vital services,” says Stuart Mellan, Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona CEO and president. “The Federation is very proud to be a central source of support, in which community donors participate.” Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging, Jewish Family & Children’s Services, Tucson Jewish Community Center and University of Arizona Hillel Foundation have been partners with Federation for decades. Tucson Hebrew Academy joined the family in the early 1990s. The Jewish History Museum is the most recent to become a partner, five years ago (see listing on page 20). “Federation’s role is to be a source of strength and support for these partners,” Mellan says. “Our Planning and Allocation process provides an additional level of accountability for agency and Federation donors.” In making annual allocation

decisions, Federation lay leaders work with each agency to understand its annual goals, how their services impact the community and how they align with the Federation’s mission. Another criterion for determining allocations is assessing the agencies’ collaboration with Federation and other Jewish community partners. “Local organizations serve a wide population in the areas where our donors’ hearts lie,” says Julie Feldman, the Agencies PAC co-chair with Bruce Beyer. “It’s been rewarding getting to know the various agencies’ operations in depth,” adds Beyer. “We share with them common goals and work together toward the best result. The process benefits the entire community.” “A value of the PAC process is that it is collaborative, working together to enhance what agencies are doing for the community. Collaborating, we can be more effective in putting donor funds to better use,” Feldman says. “It’s not just distribution of funds, but working together to accomplish goals for both the agencies and the community,” Beyer says. “It’s the partnership that’s most valuable — relationship building and engagement.” The Federation’s affiliated corporation, the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, which gives leadership to a grant process that is aligned with the Federation, augments Federation funding for agencies through grants, donor legacies and managing agency endowment funds.

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ADL reports year-end rise in hate symbols

n the first 10 days of December, a series of six swastika incidents across Arizona were reported to ADL Arizona. The latest incident involved an elderly woman in Scottsdale who found a swastika drawing at her doorstep the morning after displaying her menorah during Hanukkah. This was the second incident for this woman, says Carlos Galindo-Elvira, regional director for ADL in Arizona; two years ago, her mezuzah was destroyed at her home. He described two other incidents: A mural in Yuma was vandalized with swastikas and racial slurs. The Yuma Police Department is investigating the incident as a hate crime. An etched

swastika in a bathroom stall was found in a western part of Maricopa County at a movie theatre. Accompanying the swastika were the letters “WP” for white power. A swastika also was found at a Phoenix high school. None of the incidents took place in the Tucson metro area. “Use of a swastika degrades Holocaust victims and survivors who were murdered and persecuted by Nazis. There’s no place for hate in our schools, neighborhoods or anywhere in Arizona,” says Galindo-Elvira. ADL Arizona responded to all six incidents, contacted law enforcement, and spoke out against use of this hate symbol.

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5550 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 745-5550 Rabbi Robert Eisen, Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny • www.caiaz.org Daily minyan: Mon.-Thurs., 7:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.; Sun. & legal holidays, 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. / Mincha: Fri., 5:45 p.m. / Shabbat services: Sat., 9 a.m., followed by Kiddush; Tot Shabbat, 1st Fri., 5:45 p.m.; Family Service, 3rd Friday, 5:45 p.m.; Holiday services may differ, call or visit website. / Torah study: every Shabbat one hour before Mincha (call or visit website for times) / Talmud on Tuesday, 6 p.m. / Weekday Torah study group, Wed., 11 a.m. beverages and dessert provided.

Congregation Bet shalom 3881 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 577-1171 Rabbi Hazzan Avraham Alpert • www.cbsaz.org Shabbat services: Fri., 5:30 p.m. (followed by monthly dinners — call for info); Sat. 9:30 a.m., Camp Shabbat (ages 6-10) 10 a.m.-noon, followed by Kiddush lunch; 12:30-2 p.m. CBS Think Tank discussion led by Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz and Prof. David Graizbord; monthly Tot Shabbat (call for dates) / Weekday services: Wed. 8:15 a.m. / Hagim 9:30 a.m.

ORTHODOX Congregation ChoFetz Chayim/southwest torah institute 5150 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 747-7780 Rabbi Israel Becker • www.tucsontorah.org Shabbat services: Fri., Kabbalat Shabbat 15 minutes before sunset; Sat. 9 a.m. followed by Kiddush. / Mincha: Fri., 1 p.m.; Sat., 25 minutes before sunset, followed by Shalosh Seudas, Maariv and Havdallah. Services: Sun., 8 a.m.; Mon. & Thurs., 6:50 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 7 a.m.; daily, 15 minutes before sunset. / Weekday Rosh Chodesh services: 6:45 a.m.

Congregation young israel/ChaBad oF tuCson 2443 E. Fourth St., Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 881-7956 Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, Rabbi Yudi Ceitlin • www.chabadoftucson.com Daily minyan: Sun. & legal holidays, 8:30 a.m.; Mon. & Thurs., 6:30 p.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 6:45 a.m. / Mincha & Maariv, 5:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri. at candlelighting; Sat. 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush. Mincha, Maariv and Havdallah TBA.

ChaBad on river 3916 E. Ft. Lowell Road • (520) 661-9350 Rabbi Ram Bigelman • www.chabadonriver.com Shabbat services: Fri., Mincha at candlelighting time, followed by Maariv. / Sat., Shacharit service, 9:30 a.m. / Torah study: women, Wed., 2 p.m.; men, Tues. and Thurs., 7 p.m. Call to confirm.

ChaBad oro valley 1217 W. Faldo Drive, Oro Valley, AZ 85755 • (520) 477-8672 Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman • www.jewishorovalley.com Shabbat services: 3rd Fri., 5 p.m. Oct.-Feb., 6 p.m. March-Sept., all followed by dinner / Sat., 10 a.m. study session followed by service.

ChaBad sierra vista 401 Suffolk Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 820-6256 Rabbi Benzion Shemtov • www.jewishsierravista.com Shabbat services: Sat., 10:30 a.m., bimonthly, followed by class explaining prayers. Visit website or call for dates.

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Congregation Beit simCha

3001 E. Skyline Drive, Suite 117, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 276-5675 Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon • www.beitsimchatucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m., with Torah study twice per month; monthly Shabbat morning hikes.

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Congregation Chaverim 5901 E. Second St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 320-1015 Rabbi Stephanie Aaron • www.chaverim.net Shabbat services: Fri., 7 p.m. (no service on 5th Fri.); Family Shabbat, 1st Fri., 6 p.m. / Torah study: 2nd Sat., 9 a.m., followed by contemplative service,10 a.m. Congregation Kol simChah (Renewal) 4625 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 296-0818 Mailing Address: 6628 E. Calle Dened, Tucson, AZ 85710 Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7:15 p.m.

Congregation m’Kor hayim 3888 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 (Tucson Hebrew Academy) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31806, Tucson, AZ 85751 • (520) 904-1881 Rabbi Helen Cohn • www.mkorhayim.org Shabbat services: 2nd and 4th Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study, 2nd and 4th Sat., 9:30 a.m.

Congregation or Chadash 3939 N. Alvernon, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 512-8500 Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, Cantor Janece Cohen www.orchadash-tucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; 1st Fri., Friday Night LIVE (Sept.-May); 2nd Friday, Tot Shabbat (Sept.-May), 6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. / Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m.

the institute For JudaiC serviCes and studies Mailing Address: 36789 S. Golf Course Drive, Saddlebrooke, AZ 85739 Rabbi Sanford Seltzer • (520) 825-8175 Shabbat services: Oct.-April, third Friday of the month at 7 p.m. — call for details.

temple emanu-el 225 N. Country Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85716 • (520) 327-4501 Rabbi Batsheva Appel • www.tetucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m./ Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m. except when there is a Rabbi’s Tish.

In central London, this uncertainty is hitting the housing market particularly hard, said Dangoor, a father of three. Central London’s real estate market depends on investment from overseas, including the Middle East, South Africa and China. The drop is less noticeable in suburbs, though, due to low interest rates that mean “owners aren’t forced to sell,” Dangoor said. Suburban assets that “tick all the requisite boxes” still fetch premium prices as “these areas are insulated by a micro-bubble of their own and buyers looking for a family home a have longer term-view point,” Dangoor added. But the number of transactions is down there, too, “because people are concerned,” he added. Murray puts it another way. “Would you buy a house for a million pounds if you weren’t sure that it’d be worth that tomorrow?” he said. Mark Ruben, a 57-year-old hotelier who recently bought a $7 million home in London, wasn’t waiting to see what will come to pass. Earlier this year, he sold the property, which he called his “dream home,” partly out of concern over Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn winning an election and imposing a mansion tax, he told JTA. And then there are the specifically Jewish concerns about a Labour government. Corbyn, who has called Hamas and Hezbollah his friends and said that British “Zionists” don’t understand British irony, has been battling allegations of anti-Semitism, including from the former chief rabbi of Britain, Jonathan Sacks. Earlier this year, all of Britain’s leading Jewish newspapers in a joint editorial warned that Corbyn could pose an “existential threat” to British Jewry. Murray, who specializes in the heavily Jewish northern London market, is already seeing what he called “the Corbyn effect” on some of his clients, he said. “It shocked me the third time,” he said of owners seeking to sell property out of fear of Corbyn’s election. One buyer, Murray said, told him: “I’m selling because I’m going to Israel if Corbyn gets elected.”

temple Kol hamidBar 228 N. Canyon Drive, Sierra Vista • (520) 458-8637 kolhamidbar.tripod.com Mailing address: P.O. Box 908, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636 Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.

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Beth shalom temple Center

1751 N. Rio Mayo (P.O. Box 884), Green Valley, AZ 85622 (520) 648-6690 • www.bstc.us Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study: Sat., 10 a.m.

Congregation etz Chaim (Modern Orthodox) 686 Harshaw Road, Patagonia, AZ 85624 • (520) 394-2520 Rabbi Gabriel Cousens • www.etzchaimcongregation.org Shabbat services: Fri., 18 minutes before sunset / Torah study: Sat., 9:30 a.m. handmaKer resident synagogue

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seCular humanist Jewish CirCle www.secularhumanistjewishcircle.org Call Cathleen at (520) 730-0401 for meeting or other information.

university oF arizona hillel Foundation 1245 E. 2nd St. Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 624-6561 • www.arizona.hillel.org Shabbat services: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and alternative services two Fridays each month when school is in session. Dinner follows (guests, $8; RSVP by preceding Thurs.). Call for dates/times.

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OBITUARIES Janice Lahr

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Janice Hedeman Lahr, 95, died Nov. 18, 2018. Mrs. Lahr was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1945 she married Larry Sakin and moved to Tucson. They opened Town and Sports, a woman’s apparel shop. After their divorce in 1955, she enrolled at the University of Arizona, receiving a degree in business administration. She then attended law school as a part-time student, while taking care of her two young children. After six years she received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. Shortly after, she married Herbert Lahr. In 1969 she was hired as one of the first women prosecutors for the City of Tucson, retiring after 32 years in office. Mrs. Lahr is survived by her daughters, Vicki (Michael) Schwager and Patty (Jon) Small, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services were held at Evergreen Cemetery with Rabbinic Chaplain Sandra Wortzel officiating.

Elliot Frank, 46, died Nov. 30, 2018. A native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Mr. Frank attended Bucknell University and graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering. He later earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree at American University while working at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. In late 2011, he joined the firm Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger and moved to Tucson, where he was promoted to partner in 2017. He was a volunteer with the Humane Society and the Red Cross . Mr. Frank was preceded in death by his mother, Marilyn. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth (nee Landeen); father, Lester; and sisters, Paula Frank and Sue Hill. A celebration of his life was held at the Frank family residence with Rabbi Helen Cohn of Congregation M’kor Hayim officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona.

Norma Rappeport-Salonic Norma Lena Rappeport-Salonic, 90, died Nov. 28, 2018. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dr. Joseph Rappeport and Anna Neuman Rappeport, she graduated from Phoenix Union High School in Phoenix, Arizona. She was a longtime resident of Tucson. Mrs. Salonic was a life member of Hadassah, a Girl Scout leader, and a longtime member of Congregation Anshei Israel and Congregation Young Israel. She helped her husband with his business, Supreme Cleaners. Mrs. Salonic was predeceased by her husband, Harris E. Salonic, in 1963; brother, Jack J.; and sons, Robert Alan and Larry Abraham. Survivors include her children, Andrew (Gloria) Salonic, Mara (Wes) Salonic-Pierce, and William Salonic, all of Arizona; three grandchildren, and seven greatgrandchildren. Graveside services were held in the Congregation Young Israel section of Evergreen Cemetery, with Rabbi Yossie Shemtov and Rabbi Yitz Pierce, Mrs. Salonic’s grandson, officiating. To share a memory, visit www. evergreen-tucson.com.

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Paul Kahn Paul L. Kahn, 92, died Dec. 4, 2018. Mr. Kahn was born in New York City to Robert and Esther Kahn. A longtime stockbroker, he served in the U.S. Navy and moved to Tucson in 1957. Mr. Kahn was preceded in death by his son, Errol Kahn. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Anneliese; son, Brian (Shelley) Kahn; sister, Gwen Goldberg and family; and two grandchildren. Graveside services were held at Evergreen Cemetery in the Temple Emanu-El section with Rabbi Batsheva Appel officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Elizabeth’s Dental Clinic.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published January 11, 2019. Events may be emailed to office@azjewishpost.com, faxed to 319-1118, or mailed to the AJP at 3718 E. River Road, #272, Tucson, AZ 85718. For more information, call 319-1112. See Area Congregations on page 22 for additional synagogue events. Men’s Mishnah club with Rabbi Israel Becker at Cong. Chofetz Chayim. Sundays, 7:15 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 6:15 a.m.; Saturdays, 8:15 a.m. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Chabad of Sierra Vista men’s tefillin club with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, first Sundays, 9 a.m., at 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www. jewishsierravista.com. “Too Jewish” radio show with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon on KVOI 1030 AM (also KAPR and KJAA), Sundays at 9 a.m. Dec. 23, Avi Hadad, principal of the Hirael School, on Israeli and American educational systems. Dec. 30, Jane S. Gabin, author of “The Paris Photo.” Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley bagel breakfast and Yiddish club, first Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Members, $7; nonmembers, $10. 648-6690 or 399-3474. Temple Emanu-El adult class, “Faces of Torah,” facilitated by Jesse Davis, most Sundays, 10:15-11:30 a.m., through April 28. See schedule on www.jewishtucson.org. 327-4501. Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society, second Sundays, 1-3 p.m. at the Tucson J. Contact Barbara Stern Mannlein at 731-0300 or the J at 299-3000. Tucson J Israeli Dance, taught by Brandi Hawkins, 2nd and 4th Sundays, partners, 4:45-6 p.m., open circle, 6-7 p.m. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000.

Friday / December 21 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Seeking Shabbat service, preceded at 5 p.m. by noshes, followed by no-host dinner at local restaurant. Register at 327-4501. 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Family Shabbat Experience service and dinner. Dinner at 7 p.m.: members, $25 family of 2 adults and up to 4 children; nonmember family $30; adult (13+) $10. RSVP by for availability at www.caiaz.org or 745-5550. 7 PM: Southern Arizona Women’s Chorus present “Tibetan Sound and Psalms,” in Hebrew and English. At the Monastery, 800 N. Country Club Road. Also on Jan. 13, 3 p.m. at Ascension Lutheran Church, 1220 W. Magee Road. $20. www.southernarizonawomenschorus.org or 404-3148.

Saturday / December 22 11 AM-NOON: Cong. Bet Shalom and PJ Library Tot Shabbat with Lisa Schacter-Brooks. Free. At Bet Shalom. 577-1171.

Monday / December 24 6 PM: JPride Christmas Eve Chinese Dinner Party at Jun Dynasty, 2933 E. Grant Road. No host. RSVP by Dec. 21 to Emily at emalin@ tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000, ext. 168.

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ONGOING Cong. Anshei Israel parent-tot class, led by Lindsey Embree. Mondays, 9-11 a.m. Children up to 24 months and their parent(s). Free. Mandatory vaccination policy. Call Nancy Auslander at 745-5550 or visit www.caiaz.org. Temple Emanu-El mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m. 327-4501. Cong. Anshei Israel mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon. All levels, men and women. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com. Tucson J current events discussion, Mondays, noon-1:30 p.m. Members, $1; nonmembers, $2. Bring or buy lunch, 11:30 a.m. 2993000, ext. 147. Cong. Bet Shalom yoga. Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $5. 577-1171. Jewish 12-step sobriety support group meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cong. Bet Shalom. dcmack1952@gmail.com. Spouse Bereavement Group, cosponsored by Widowed to Widowed, Inc. at the Tucson J, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Contact Marvin at 885-2005 or Tanya at 299-3000, ext. 147. JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300.

Tuesday / December 25

1-3 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Congregational Skate Party. At Skate Country, 7980 E. 22nd St. $5 at door, skaters and non-skaters. Limited concession snacks for sale. 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org.

Friday / December 28

5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Seeking Shabbat service, preceded at 5 p.m. by noshes, followed by no-host dinner at local restaurant. Register at 327-4501.

Friday / January 4

11 AM: Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center gallery chat, “Absence of Representation and Recorded History of African-Americans in Tucson,” with Tani Sanchez, Ph.D., associate professor of Africana Studies at University of Arizona. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org. 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Tot Kabbalat Tu B’Shevat Shabbat service followed by family dairy Shabbat dinner at 6 p.m. Dinner, $12 for adults, free for kids under 12. RSVP for dinner at 327-4501.

Saturday / January 5

NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel “Read It & Meet” book discussion on “My Mother’s Son,” by

Awakening Through Jewish Meditation — Discover Freedom, with Reb Brian Yosef, Tuesdays/Sundays at 10:30 a.m., at Cong. Bet Shalom. Free. www.torahofawakening.com. Temple Emanu-El “Stitch and Kvetch.” Third Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. 327-4501. Tucson J social bridge. Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon-3 p.m., year round. Drop-ins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 299-3000. Tucson J canasta group. Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call or text Lisa at 977-4054. Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen. Meets 6 p.m. 745-5550. Weintraub Israel Center Shirat HaShirim Hebrew choir. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Learn to sing in Hebrew. Contact Rina Paz at 304-7943 or ericashem@cox.net. Tucson J Israeli dance classes. Tuesdays. Beginners, 7:30 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15 p.m.; advanced, 9 p.m. Taught by Lisa Goldberg. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000. Cong. Anshei Israel gentle chair yoga with Lois Graham, Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Members of Women’s League, $6 per class; nonmembers, $8 per class. Contact Evelyn at

David Hirshberg. Contact Helen Rib at 299-0340 or helenrib@yahoo.com.

Sunday / January 6

9 AM-2 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel blood donor drive with American Red Cross. Free longsleeve t-shirt with donation while supplies last. Donors 16+. Call 1-800-733-2767 for eligibility questions. To reserve time slot or to volunteer contact Fran Stoler at franstoler@gmail.com. 9:30 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Men's Club Breakfast, “Roots of My Judaism.” Men’s club members, free; guests, $4. Contact Eric Flank at 256-7575 or eflank45@gmail.com. 10-11:30 AM: Southwest Torah Institute class for women, 40 Days to Become a Better You!, “Living your Authentic Life,” with Esther Becker. Continues Sundays through Feb 3. At Cong. Chofetz Chayim. $90. Register at www.tucsontorah.org/40-day-challenge-coursefor-women.html or call 747-7780. 11 AM-12:30 PM: Cong. Chofetz Chayim children’s program, Music, Memories & Mitzvahs: Tu B’Shevat. Ages 5-11, with Rabbi Israel Becker. First two Sundays at Chofetz Chayim, third is performance at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. Continues Jan. 13 and Jan. 20. Other sessions will be held for Purim and Passover. $36 per session. Multi-child discount available. Register at www.tucsontorah.org. or 747-7780.

885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com. Temple Emanu-El Talmud study, Wednesdays, 10 -11:30 a.m. Text required, call 327-4501. Chabad of Sierra Vista women’s class with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, last Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www.jewishsierravista.com. Chabad Tucson lunch and learn with Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m. at 5th Street Kitchen and Deli, 5071 E. Fifth St. www.chabadtucson.com. Jewish mothers/grandmothers special needs support group for those with children/ grandchildren, youth or adult, with special needs, third Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 299-5920. Temple Emanu-El Jewish novels club with Linda Levine. Third Thursdays, 2-4 p.m. 327-4501. “Biblical Breakthroughs with Rabbi Becker” at the Southwest Torah Institute. Fridays, noon, for men and women. 747-7780 or yzbecker@ me.com. Jewish History Museum new core exhibition, “Meanings Not Yet Imagined.” Holocaust History Center, “Call Me Rohingya,” photographs by Andrew Stanbridge. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073. Tucson J Fine Art Gallery shows, “Trajectory” by Elliott Heiman, through Jan. 24. 299-3000.

6 PM: Women’s talent showcase for allfemale audience. Music, comedy, storytelling. At the Tucson J. Suggested donation, $10. Contact Sara Lopez at (949) 682-6808 or sarac90@ yahoo.com.

Wednesday / January 9

8-9:30 AM: Jewish Business Network meeting. At Tucson J. 299-3000, ext. 241, or concierge@jewishtucson.org. 9:30 AM: Brandeis National Committee and Tucson J University on Wheels breakfast. Daniel Breen, Ph.D., Brandeis University senior lecturer in legal studies presents, “Stories of Privacy: The Legal Boundaries of Public and Private Life.” At Tucson J. $20. RSVP by Dec. 31; contact Marilyn Sternstein at marilynsternstein@ gmail.com or (847) 269-0280. NOON: Jewish History Museum States of Rightlessness Talk Series: Fragmented by Policy, “Legitimized pain inflicted on those who are displaced and seeking to claim human rights,” with cultural anthropologist Jill Koyama, associate professor in educational policy studies and practice and program coordinator of Educational Leadership at UA. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 6 PM: JFSA Young Women’s Cabinet Mahj, Mojitos, and Mitzvahs. $18, benefits JFCS. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/ywcmahj2018 or to Jane Scott at jscott@jfsa.org or 577-9393.

THURSDAY / JANUARY 10

10:30 AM: Jewish History Museum interactive genealogy workshop. With author and genealogy expert Joel Alpert. $10. 564 S. Stone Ave. Register by Jan. 8 at www.jewishhistorymuseum. org or 670-9073. 7 PM: Tucson International Jewish Film Festival opening night presents “Budapest Noir” at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Films continue at Tucson J through Jan. 20. Tickets available at www.tijﬀ.org beginning Dec. 17.

FRIDAY / JANUARY 11

7:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Scholar-inResidence service and dinner with Rabbi Shai Held, Ph.D., presenting “The Gifts of God Flow Through You.” Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 5:45 p.m. Dinner at 6:45 p.m.: members, $18 adults; $12 children; non-

members, $22 adults; $15 children. $5 more per person after Jan. 7. RSVP by Jan. 7 at www.caiaz. org or 745-5550. 9:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Downtown Shabbat at Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave., with Rabbi Batsheva Appel and Armon Bizman band. 327-4501.

SATURDAY / JANUARY 12

9 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat service presented by Rabbi Shai Held, Ph.D., “Waiting for God.” At 3:45 p.m., Held presents, “Compassion and the Heart of Jewish Spirituality,” followed by Mincha at 4:45 p.m. and Seudah Shlesheet at 5:15 p.m. 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org.

SUNDAY / JANUARY 13

10 AM-NOON: JFCS CHAI Circle meeting

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JFSA Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest chair yoga with a Jewish ﬂair taught by Bonnie Golden. 190 N. Magee Road, #162. Mondays, 10-11 a.m. $7 per class or $25 for four. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org. Northwest Needlers create hand-stitched items for donation in the Jewish community. Meets at Olson Center, Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. RSVP to judithgfeldman@gmail.com or 505-4161. JFSA Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest mah jongg, meets Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., 505-4161. Chabad of Oro Valley adult education class, Jewish learning with Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman. Wednesdays at 7 p.m., at 1217 W. Faldo Drive. 477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley.com.

SUNDAY / JANUARY 6

10 AM-1:45 PM: JFSA Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest Symposium, “Antisemitism from the Spanish Inquisition on: Educating for Social Justice,” with speaker David Graizbord, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies. At the Buttes at Reﬂections, 9800 N. Oracle Road. Followed at 3 p.m. by Tucson International Jewish Film Festival screening of “Disobedience: The Sousa Mendez Story” at Saddlebrooke’s Desert View Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. Continues Monday, Jan. 7, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., with speakers Dagmar and Peter Schroeder of the Children’s Holocaust Memorial in Whitwell, Tennessee; Gil Riback, Ph.D., assistant professor at

the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies; and Bryan Davis, executive director of the Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center. Includes video by Tucson Hebrew Academy students and panel discussion, “What Can We Do to Help?” Registration includes lunch at the Buttes both days, ﬁlm admission, and pass to JHM/HHC. $40 early registration; $50 Dec. 21-Jan.4. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/nwsymposium. 3 PM: JFSA Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest/TIJFF screening of “Disobedience: The Sousa Mendez Story,” about the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, France, who saved an estimated 30,000 lives during World War II. At Saddlebrooke’s Desert View Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. $5 (unless registered for symposium above). 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.

TUESDAY / JANUARY 8

6:30 PM: JFSA Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest screening of “The Driver is Red,” about the Mossad raid that brought Adolf Eichmann to justice. At Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. Free. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.

UPCOMING TUESDAY / JANUARY 22

3:30-5 PM: JFSA Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest Tu B’Shevat barbecue at Cañada del Oro Riverfront Park, 551 W. Lambert Lane. Free. For more information, call 505-4161 or email northwestjewish@jfsa.org.

lecture, “Self-Discovery Through Clay,” with Joan-e Rapine, MS, LAC, NCC, clinical therapist at JFCS. Free. At The Tucson J. RSVP to Irene Gefter at igefter@jfcstucson.org or 795-0300, ext. 2271. 10:30-12:30 PM: Desert Caucus brunch with Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ). Guests should be potential members. For details, RSVP at 4901453 or desertcaucus@gmail.com. NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel Mishpacha (Family) Program: “Challah Make & Take.” All ages welcome. Includes lunch. $6.13. RSVP by Jan. 8 to Nichole Chorny at 745-5550, ext. 228 or cantorialsoloist@caiaz.org. 1 PM: Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society presents Richard Hallick, retired UA professor, on DNA testing and genealogical research. At Tucson J. SAJGS members, free; nonmembers, $5. Contact Andy Rosen, arosen2@cox.net or 237-6470.

3:30-5 PM: Tucson Hebrew Academy and PJ Library presents Rockin’ with the Trees, a Tu B’Shevat celebration. Nature walk, story time with Rabbi Billy Lewkowicz. Free. RSVP to Mary Ellen at 647-8443 or pjlibrary@jfsa.org.

MONDAY / JANUARY 14

11:30 AM: Jewish National Fund panel, “The Magic of the Negev Desert: From East to West and Everything in Between,” with Michal Uziyahu, JNF’s liaison for Gaza Envelope region; and Nadav Eylon, chief security oﬃcer for Central Arava region. Free. At private residence in Tucson. Contact Audrey Lewis at 480-447-8100, ext. 981 or alewis@jnf.org.

TUESDAY / JANUARY 15

NOON-1 PM: Cong. Or Chadash book club discusses “The Orchard” by Yochi Brandes. 5128500 or www.octucson.org.

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IN FOCUS Sparks members bring cheer to Handmaker

Northwest residents brought their menorahs for a community-wide lighting to celebrate the last night of Hanukkah, Dec. 9, at The Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest.

On Sunday, Dec. 9, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Northwest Division held its annual family Hanukkah party at The Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life. Some 85 people attended, including

members of Tucson Hebrew Academy’s choir, who performed, led by Cantor Janece Cohen. The evening included latkes and sufganiyot for all, as well as dreidel spinning and storytelling for the children.

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Northwest celebrates last night of Hanukkah

Sparks cheer member Sage Wexler plays dreidel with, from left, Betty Light, Hannah Berg, Lois Waldman and Les Waldman, at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging, Dec. 2.

Members of the Tucson Jewish Community Center Sparks cheer club visited with Handmaker residents for Hanukkah on Sunday, Dec. 2.

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OUR TOWN Bar mitzvah Michael Jurkowitz, son of Dan and Lisa Jurkowitz, will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Dec. 22, at Congregation Anshei Israel. He is the grandson of Chaya and Harvey Jurkowitz of Tucson and Joan and Andre Klein of Phoenix. Michael attends Alice Vail Middle School, where he plays percussion in the symphonic band and piano in the jazz band. He is a member of the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus touring chorus, Boy Scouts Troop 613, and Junior USY. In his free time, he enjoys chess, art, and being in the outdoors.

People in the news Gregg Garfin, a climatologist at the University of Arizona, was a lead author on the Southwest chapter of the national climate change report, “Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the United States,” released Nov. 23 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Five other UA researchers worked on the report. UA public health expert Heidi Brown and forest and ecosystem expert David Breshears also contributed to the Southwest chapter. UA climate adaptation expert James L. Buizer is an author on the new Climate Effects on U.S. International Interests chapter, and Amanda Leinberger, an expert on coastal areas and resilience, is an author on the new U.S. Caribbean chapter. UA professor Diana Liverman, who was a co-author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Summary for Policymakers of the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius, served as review editor for the International chapter.

Business briefs Monica Rosenbaum is the new director of member relations at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. She has over 20 years of experience working for JCCs, holding roles from counselor to department director at JCCs in New York (Northern Westchester and Rockland) and Arizona (Scottsdale). Rosenbaum was selected to participate in the sixth cohort of Merrin Fellows, a JCC Association fellowship program created to support young professionals and their work at their respective JCCs. She is the second of four children born and raised in Westchester County, New York. She and her siblings were awarded financial assistance to attend JCC day camp after the death of their father in 1989. Her passion has been to give back and pay forward the JCC experience she was given. Rosenbaum will be joined in Tucson by her husband, Scott; daughters, Violet and Mia; and dog, Luigi.

Kiara Pridgett is the new database coordinator at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. She joined JFSA in September 2017 as a part-time administrative assistant for the finance and campaign departments, quickly becoming a full-time staffer. This spring she joined the internal database conversion team and was promoted to this new position Dec. 1. She previously worked as a client relationship specialist and legal assistant/receptionist. A native Tucsonan, she holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in business administration from the University of Phoenix.

Tucson Lions of Judah, a program of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Women’s Philanthropy, feted Wendy C. Abrams, chair of The Jewish Federations of North America National Women’s Philanthropy, at a brunch hosted Dec. 3 by Melissa Goldfinger. Abrams focused on Forever Lions, what inspires and connects Lions to Federation work. She used prompt cards to help the 18 attendees express what resonated with them and what inspired them to become Lions. Participants described the event as moving and empowering. It also underscored the importance of endowing Lion gifts. Abrams is a board member of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and received its Young Leadership award in 2002. A practicing speech pathologist, she has spent the majority of her professional career volunteering.

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